Before the center and rear of the army could figure out what was happening, news had already come back from the front, the road ahead was blocked, and just now, at least three hundred people fell to the ground without warning, accompanied by a crackling sound of marksmanship.

It's not too strange to muskets, especially a few decades ago, Zhang Fu led the Daming musket team to defeat the original Jiaozhi army and changed this place to Jiaozhi County. Even when I came, I heard from the people above that the mercenaries who were the opponents also had muskets.

It's one thing to know, it's another thing to really face it, especially when you hear that the gunshots are so dense, and in the case of more than 300 brothers dead, it is also extremely normal for the front army to panic for a while.

The main general Hong Jin has been separated from them, and the only ones who remain here at this moment are the four captains of the Han captive army, compared to ordinary soldiers, they are taller and more powerful, and it is precisely because of this that they can be promoted, their names are Zhang Qingli, the former commander of the army, Zhou Hong and Qian Hui, the two commanders of the Chinese army, and Lu Hong, the commander of the rear army.

Except for Lu Hong, who was in the rear, who had not yet caught up at the first time, the other three captains nervously gathered together to discuss a solution.

First of all, the commander of the Chinese army, Qian Hui, spoke: "The matter is obvious, this is clearly that the mercenaries want to cut off the connection between us and General Hong, and then want to break them one by one." ”

Qian Hui's words still have some insights, at least his analysis is correct, but what he didn't expect was that the mercenaries not only wanted to cut off their contact, but also killed or captured them. It's like another Chinese army commander Zhou Hong quickly expressed his opinion: "This is unlikely, isn't it that the news says that they only have more than 10,000 people?" Isn't it too arrogant to want to be the enemy of our 50,000-strong army with this little force? ”

Zhou Hongchang is a little chubby, but he has a pair of small eyes. People are like him, they like to use their brains, so it's no wonder he has such an analysis.

"I don't know if I'm arrogant or not, anyway, their muskets are very powerful, you don't know that at the beginning, there was like rain, and it fell with a crackle, and there was a commander under my hand who wanted to prepare for a charge, but he was killed by a shot just after shouting two sentences." It was Zhang Qingli, the former commander of the army, who spoke, and when he said this, his body was still a little trembling, and when this scene happened, he happened to see it clearly, so he felt a burst of nervousness and fear.

Zhang Qingli's words were heard by Zhou Hong, and his eyes lit up, "Brother Zhang, did you just say that the other party's musket fell like rain?" ”

"Yes, that's how I really feel." A sworn look says this.

"Well, if that's true, then there should be quite a few mercenaries on the other side of us, and they should have concentrated their forces to give people such a feeling. If that's the case, then we might as well break through from other directions. This rainforest is so big, they can't keep all the roads for a while. Zhou Hong put forward his own opinion.

Qian Hui on the side immediately agreed, but he added, "The brothers are too tired to rush all the way, so it's better to let everyone rest first, and wait until the dawn is about to make a surprise attack on the whole front, so that you can play a better strength." ”

"Yes, but not too late, after all, if we don't appear in front of General Hong Jin for a long time, who knows what he will think, and whether he will blame us." Zhou Hong nodded, agreeing with this statement. The army is too tired to fully exert its strength, and it will suffer if it goes to the battlefield in such a situation.

Seeing that the two Chinese army commanders had reached a unified opinion, Zhang Qingli, the former commander of the army, also immediately said: "In this way, I told the brothers not to charge first, seize the time to rest, and send someone to inform Captain Lu Hong, so that he could bring the rear army up, and everyone would gather together, and the strength would be greater." ”

"I agree." Zhou Hong and Qian Hui also nodded their heads again and again, so they reached a unity of opinion, and decided to take a good rest first, and wait until dawn tomorrow morning to launch a counterattack on all fronts.

The Han captives became honest and straightforward, which made the auxiliaries and temporary auxiliaries around them a little unhappy.

They are thinking about meritorious service. In particular, some temporary auxiliaries, after seeing the power of the Bayi bar, especially the Ninety-Five style, are even more eager to make meritorious contributions, once they enter the auxiliaries, or it is better to enter the cold front, then there will be a musket in their hands that can easily take people's lives from a few hundred meters away? The thought of being able to kill an enemy with just a flick of a finger makes them feel thrilled all over.

"Okay, you have to fight, but this time it's going to be for the entire Cochin. As for now, those who should sleep and those who should be on duty are on duty, but as mentioned above, it is likely that there will be a fierce battle tomorrow morning. "Just when everyone was still thinking about making meritorious service and holding guns, a new order was issued, and in this dark night, it spread one by one to the camp of nine thousand auxiliaries and temporary auxiliaries.

The auxiliaries and temporary auxiliaries seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with the Han captives, and they all became quiet. But in front of them, three battalions of Leng Feng and four battalions of auxiliaries were pressing forward step by step, pressing on the Cochin Army surrounded by them.

It was already completely dark by this time. Although it is said that there is moonlight, it does not reach the level of reaching out and not seeing the five fingers, but the visibility is not high.

Often in such weather, except for the siege of the city, which may continue with the help of the power of torches, other battles cannot be fought, which has also become a tacit understanding for thousands of years. After all, it's so dark, any accident can happen, and even if you don't make a bad one, it's normal for your own people to hit your own people.

So only a fool would have the option to attack at night?

But the army that could not fight at night did not include the Yang family's army. Let's not mention that Leng Feng's auxiliaries often have night battles in their training subjects, let's just say that their jungle training a while ago should be a game? How to fight at night in the rainforest, fully protect yourself and destroy your opponent is the main purpose of training. Now it's finally time to come in handy.

Each soldier carries two base numbers of ammunition, plus a headband with night vision devices, so that the night is not dark, and everything is presented in front of him. From the moment they attacked, they had been suppressing the Cochin Army and were still advancing.

The sound of gunfire rose in all directions, and there was a light rain in the sky, in such an extremely depressing atmosphere, there were Jiaozhi soldiers dying every moment, and urgent war reports were sent to Hong Jin and Ruan Yongyang.

Two hours have passed since the beginning of the war. At this moment, it was already the third watch, and the Jiaozhi army, which was originally more than 10,000 people, paid the price of 5,000 deaths.

Half of the troops were killed in two hours, and the early stage was still because the army was too scattered, and the battle report has shown that the later it is, the more dense the Jiaozhi army, the faster the number of deaths increases.

Under the makeshift wooden tent, General Hong Jin had long since lost the natural demeanor of calmly commanding everything before, and instead had a dark face and a trembling body under anger.

originally thought that saving Ruan Yongyang and eliminating the mercenaries would be a great achievement. But I never expected that as soon as I arrived here and saw Ruan Yongyang, I didn't even say a few words, and the pressure suddenly appeared. He was originally going to save people, and he became the one who wanted to be saved by others.

Compared with Hong Jin's words, Ruan Yongyang, who was sitting on the chair, looked even more decadent, leaning back on the back of the chair, looking up to the sky, ignoring his eyes, if it weren't for the fact that his mouth still squirmed from time to time, I was afraid that it would be easy for others to misunderstand, he was already a dead man.

"Lost, completely lost, going to die, going to die..."

This is what Ruan Yongyang has been muttering, but at this moment his performance is no longer noticed. Because another commander rushed into the temporary wooden tent with a look of urgency, and then shouted in an anxious tone: "Oh no, the news just came from the front that the nearest mercenary is less than a thousand meters away from us. ”

"So close?" Hong Jin, who originally had a straight face, turned around in disbelief after hearing this information, and then rushed to the map under the coal lamp, and after a cursory look, he turned to the commander who reported the news and said, "What news is there from the Han prisoner army?" ”

"No, I have sent people to contact them, but they are often killed by muskets not far from the barracks. I also looked for soldiers who were good at hearing, and they told me with confidence that there was no gunfire coming from behind us. General Hong, you can't do it... Could it be that the mercenaries had already surrendered? ”

The commander asked, a little nervously and cautiously. Although he also knew that this was unlikely, why was the fight so fierce on his side, but there was not the slightest movement on the other side?

Of course, he didn't know that the sound of gunfire was usually very small when it reached three kilometers away, and if you took into account the terrain and vegetation, the season, the specific time, the air temperature and humidity, as well as the nearby noise decibel and wind direction, I am afraid that sometimes the sound will be very small from a kilometer away, unless you are particularly familiar with the sound of gunfire, otherwise you will not be too concerned about hearing such a sound occasionally.

The commander raised his doubts, and Hong Jin waved his hand very dryly: "This is impossible, the Han prisoners have never been in contact with mercenaries before, how can they surrender when they come here?" ”